Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches - Sri Lanka

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HDPK Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	0	0.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
KJ Silva	14.4	9	10	3	0.68	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	0.79	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	7	15	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
UC Hathurusingha	12.0	4	12	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
ST Jayasuriya	28.0	14	30	0	1.07	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
M Muralidaran	24.0	9	28	2	1.16	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
M Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	1.19	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
SD Anurasiri	26.0	11	32	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
MRCN Bandaratilleke	38.0	13	47	4	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
KPJ Warnaweera	25.0	15	31	1	1.24	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
AP Gurusinha	15.0	9	19	2	1.26	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
WPUJC Vaas	26.3	11	34	2	1.28	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
RS Kalpage	17.5	6	23	1	1.28	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
KJ Silva	19.0	12	25	4	1.31	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
KPJ Warnaweera	34.0	15	46	2	1.35	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
HDPK Dharmasena	14.0	7	19	1	1.35	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
KJ Silva	19.4	9	27	3	1.37	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	2	14	1	1.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
GP Wickramasinghe	21.0	6	30	1	1.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
M Muralidaran	23.0	9	33	0	1.43	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	23.4	13	34	5	1.43	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
M Muralidaran	29.5	11	44	3	1.47	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
M Muralidaran	35.0	12	52	2	1.48	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
SD Anurasiri	44.0	11	66	3	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
KIW Wijegunawardene	31.2	13	47	3	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	1.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	3	1.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
AP Gurusinha	12.0	5	18	1	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	6	15	0	1.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
PA de Silva	10.3	3	16	0	1.52	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
M Muralidaran	50.0	20	77	2	1.54	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
WPUJC Vaas	24.0	9	37	4	1.54	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995	Test # 1306
M Muralidaran	31.0	11	48	1	1.54	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
CPH Ramanayake	17.0	6	27	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
PA de Silva	18.5	7	30	3	1.59	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
CPH Ramanayake	10.0	2	16	0	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Gujranwala	20 Dec 1991	Test # 1179
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	1.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
HDPK Dharmasena	18.0	8	29	1	1.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
UC Hathurusingha	18.0	10	29	0	1.61	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Peshawar	08 Sep 1995	Test # 1304
WPUJC Vaas	26.4	10	43	5	1.61	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
SD Anurasiri	34.0	11	55	2	1.61	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
M Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	1.62	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
M Muralidaran	43.0	15	71	2	1.65	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
SD Anurasiri	29.0	5	49	1	1.68	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
DNT Zoysa	13.0	4	22	3	1.69	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
GP Wickramasinghe	18.0	7	31	1	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
WPUJC Vaas	44.0	12	76	2	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
GP Wickramasinghe	19.0	7	33	3	1.73	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
SD Anurasiri	61.0	21	106	3	1.73	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	12 Dec 1991	Test # 1178
HDPK Dharmasena	52.5	19	93	1	1.76	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
HDPK Dharmasena	22.0	7	39	1	1.77	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
M Muralidaran	36.0	15	64	5	1.77	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
KPJ Warnaweera	14.0	3	25	4	1.78	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
M Muralidaran	12.1	3	22	3	1.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
M Muralidaran	35.1	8	64	4	1.81	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
GP Wickramasinghe	28.0	10	51	0	1.82	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
RS Kalpage	23.0	8	42	0	1.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
SD Anurasiri	12.0	2	22	1	1.83	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
WPUJC Vaas	27.0	8	50	3	1.85	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
KR Pushpakumara	21.0	5	39	0	1.85	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
M Muralidaran	38.0	10	71	5	1.86	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	1.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
M Muralidaran	32.0	7	60	2	1.87	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Oct 1994	Test # 1270
M Muralidaran	17.0	2	32	1	1.88	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
GP Wickramasinghe	26.0	6	49	0	1.88	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
KJ Silva	26.0	7	49	2	1.88	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
WPUJC Vaas	29.4	10	56	4	1.88	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
WPUJC Vaas	44.3	14	85	4	1.91	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
HDPK Dharmasena	34.0	11	65	0	1.91	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
PA de Silva	13.0	5	25	1	1.92	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
CPH Ramanayake	27.0	9	52	2	1.92	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991	Test # 1164
M Muralidaran	37.5	9	73	3	1.92	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
HDPK Dharmasena	22.1	6	43	3	1.93	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995	Test # 1305
HDPK Dharmasena	18.0	4	35	1	1.94	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
M Muralidaran	22.0	4	43	3	1.95	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
KPJ Warnaweera	46.0	17	90	3	1.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
M Muralidaran	55.0	21	108	1	1.96	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
ST Jayasuriya	30.0	9	59	2	1.96	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
WPUJC Vaas	37.0	11	74	4	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Oct 1994	Test # 1270
PK Wijetunge	29.0	2	58	1	2.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
M Muralidaran	20.0	5	40	4	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
KSC de Silva	16.0	4	32	1	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
ST Jayasuriya	16.0	4	32	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
ASA Perera	11.0	2	22	0	2.00	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
HDPK Dharmasena	45.0	12	91	0	2.02	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
HDPK Dharmasena	35.0	9	71	1	2.02	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
GP Wickramasinghe	26.0	6	53	1	2.03	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
PA de Silva	17.0	3	35	2	2.05	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
A Ranatunga	17.0	7	35	1	2.05	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
M Muralidaran	48.0	17	99	4	2.06	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
HDPK Dharmasena	16.0	5	33	2	2.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995	Test # 1306
WPUJC Vaas	13.0	4	27	2	2.07	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
GF Labrooy	22.0	6	46	1	2.09	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991	Test # 1164
GP Wickramasinghe	11.0	1	23	1	2.09	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995	Test # 1305
RJ Ratnayake	21.0	3	44	0	2.09	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1165
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	6	44	3	2.09	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]